Amanda

The line dividing good & evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? The Gulag Archipelago (1973)

[Amanda @Amanda2010___]

"..you are caught in a terrible moment of social contagion. You and your children are swirling in a toxic storm of psychological and emotional distress meeting homophobia, sexism, misogyny against the back drop of the most appalling ‘bad science’.” https://t.co/qkcc0trBlw

[Amanda @Amanda2010___]

@ArchRose90 @sjmwolf359 Lammy: “We were in a pandemic!”

It’s not the main point here - but surely a pandemic is the worst time to encourage big protests and incite violence?

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[Amanda @Amanda2010___]

@HildegardP @Fuggurkwd @thames_pilgrim @RoisinMichaux Those girls on T will be easy pickings.

Poor things.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Today I have met Lucy, Mark and Katie, Henry Nowak’s mother, father and stepmother. Their courage is extraordinary.

They have endured the most appalling loss, it is a life sentence for them.

They have also faced the agonising decision to release the harrowing body-worn camera footage, knowing how painful it would be and how strongly people would react. They did so because they want truth, accountability and change.

They have asked that we work across political parties and religions to rebuild trust in the police. That trust has been broken because of what happened, and I agree with them on that.

We must also be prepared to examine, carefully and seriously, religious practices or exemptions that permit the carrying of dangerous weapons in public, and other activities that are not conducive to the public good. We also need to examine where the law needs to change.

Henry’s family do not want anger to tear communities apart. They are a family who have friends across faith and race, and so did Henry. His family want his memory to help bring our society together.

Everyone knows I have strong views about how we should deal with equality under the law. What the family agreed with me on is that we need to bring common sense back, and that is what we should all be fighting for.

I promised the family that we will work to ensure there is a positive legacy for Henry out of this tragedy.

That is my focus now.

[Gareth Roberts @OldRoberts953]

Excellent from @MichaelPDeacon - ‘I do want a government that divides us. By which I mean a government that divides the peaceful from the violent, the innocent from the predatory, the good from the evil.’

https://t.co/Bl1DNYEvCI

[Amanda @Amanda2010___]

@OldRoberts953 @PippaP22 @MichaelPDeacon Agree it’s excellent.

Gift link:
https://t.co/hSkASETgPb

[Akua Reindorf KC @akuareindorf]

I've written the inaugural piece for my legal Substack on this week's attempt by MPs to block the @EHRC Code of Practice:

EARLY WARNING | Are MPs plotting to overturn For Women Scotland and dismantle women’s and LGB people’s discrimination law rights?

https://t.co/D0mxelouWb

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

Note how Starmer's 'happy place' is always standing on a soapbox and telling other people they should be ashamed of themselves and apologise. Ironic for a politician devoid of shame

[Amanda @Amanda2010___]

@JenniferB812

[MrMenno 🇳🇱🏳️‍🌈🎶 @MrMennoTweets]

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[Amanda @Amanda2010___]

@Gillian_Philip @ShabanaMahmood The utter stupidity of 2020 will haunt forever….

[Times Radio @TimesRadio]

Henry Nowak’s last moments as he’s arrested while dying leaves Kate McCann in tears.

“For that to be the last thing that you hear…I just think that’s unforgivable.”

@KateEMcCann | @StigAbell

[spiked @spikedonline]

Peter Murrell's shopping spree has lifted Britain's spirits. It would take a heart of stone to read Nicola Sturgeon's husband's list of purchases without laughing out loud. How can the SNP survive these levels of ridicule?, asks Simon Evans
https://t.co/W1ktpFDAve

[Joanna Cherry KC @joannaccherry]

Peter Murrell was not a criminal mastermind he just took advantage of a system devoid of adequate checks & balances and a culture where scrutiny and questioning were demonised. That culture has infected the Scottish government, our Parliament & our civic life. It needs to change.

[Paul Hutcheon @paulhutcheon]

6) The Crown Office says Murrell was able to submit his own expenses claims without necessarily providing a receipt or invoice.

What does that say about governance?

[Amanda @Amanda2010___]

@DalgetySusan @JNHanvey Just preordered the audiobook of Keeping the Dream Alive. 🙏

[Amanda @Amanda2010___]

@joannaccherry It’s on audible preorder for 4th June - excellent. Looking forward to listening to this. 🙏

[SEEN in Journalism @JournalismSEEN]

Totally fascinating clip. The 👀 that @Jonathan_Hinder gives Derbyshire, as she actively works to get him to describe ‘trans rights’ as a ‘middle class hobby horse’ - which would be quite a gotcha - followed by her disconcerted silence when he just says ‘men’ instead.

She knew exactly what he was thinking of, and he knew exactly what she was doing. But the work on renormalising natural language has paid off. A couple of years ago he would have had to say ‘trans’ in some form, or ‘gender’, to describe events. Now he can just say ‘men’ and the power of that language trickery drains away completely.

[Neale Hanvey🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @JNHanvey]

Another great performance from @Jonathan_Hinder highlighting the ludicrous and embarrassing beclowning of political discourse by the reality denying parliamentary TRA mob.

[Amanda @Amanda2010___]

@douglasbulloch This misogynistic bloke is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Harrogate. Beggars belief.

[Amanda @Amanda2010___]

@wokeandwoofing @jeangenie22 He also has another daughter with a mask glued to her face.

I feel the causation factor has little to do with gender dysphoria.